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Adopted Amendments
This page, which had previously shown the most current proposed amendments, now provides links to the text and maps that are part of the Rural Element ordinance adopted by the County Council on May 10, 2011.
The "LAMIRD Report document" (see links below) summarizes the changes for each affected area. The report was updated following the April 26, 2011 introduction of the ordinance.
Most of the Comprehensive Plan amendments are in Chapter Two, Land Use, which contains the Rural Lands element.These changes update the county’s vision of rural character and replace land use designations and policies that were found to be out of compliance with Washington’s Growth Management Act (GMA). The new Rural Lands element limits and contains more intensive uses and densities within Rural Center and Rural Business designations, which are limited areas of more intensive rural development (LAMIRDs), allowed by GMA. The amendments to other Comprehensive Plan chapters maintain consistency within the plan, updating references to rural land use designations.
The changes to the land use designations appear on the adopted Comprehensive Plan maps. These maps show the LAMIRD areas being changed to Rural Community or Rural Business, while the areas outside the LAMIRD areas would be changed to the Rural designation. The criteria by which these proposed designations have been drafted are listed in the Comprehensive Plan Chapter Two amendments, Goal/Policy 2HH, pp 10-15.
The zoning map amendments show more intensive zones being retained within the Rural Commercial/Rural Business LAMIRDs (though some are changed to zones more compatible with rural areas and the 1990 built environment as required in GMA), while land outside those areas has been rezoned to a rural zoning classification and density.
Adopted changes to Whatcom County’s zoning code (Title 20) are intended to make the county’s development regulations reflect the character of the county’s rural areas. Changes include new rural densities in the Rural Residential zone (RR) and a new Rural Industrial-Manufacturing zone (RIM) and Rural General Commercial zone (RGC). The new zones allow intensive uses appropriate to their location within a Rural Community or Rural Business designation.
Last updated August 2, 2011 to add link to Ordinance 2011-028, correcting an error in the Lake Whatcom zoning map..
April 29, 2011 LAMIRD Report
- Report body - Introduction and profile/map of each affected area (3mb document)
- Appendices A and B - Countwide maps and analysis maps(4 mb document)
- Appendices C, D, and E - Acreage statistics spreadsheets (App. E modified May 4, 2011 to show "maximum potential new residential lots" statistic in the far right hand columns)
May 10, 2011 Ordinance 2011-013 with Findings and Conclusions of the County Council (includes Exhibit A, Comprehensive Plan amendments, Exhibit B, zoning code amendments, and Exhibit C, zoning and Comprehensive Plan map amendments)
Exhibit A: Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan (no track changes)
Exhibit A: Whatcom County Comprehensive Plan (track changes version showing all changes from existing Comprehensive Plan text)
Exhibit B: Whatcom County Code Title 20 Zoning (no track changes)
Exhibit B: Whatcom County Code Title 20 Zoning (track changes version showing all changes from existing code)
Exhibit C: Zoning & Comprehensive Plan Maps
Please Note:
On the zoning maps, existing zoning is in parenthesis, proposed zoning is not. Parcels proposed for rezoning are cross hatched. Only the areas shown on the maps are affected. Maps that have changed since the September 2010 draft maps are noted below. No maps have changed since April 12, 2011.
TITLE 20 ZONING DESIGNATIONS in affected areas (key to abbreviations)
INDUSTRIAL
LII - Light Impact Industrial
GM - General Manufacturing
GI - Gateway Industrial
RIM - Rural Industrial Manufacturing
COMMERCIAL
GC - General Commercial
TC - Tourist Commercial
NC - Neighborhood Commercial
STC - Small Town Commercial
RC - Resort Commercial
RGC - Rural General Commercial
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URBAN RESIDENTIAL
URM(12) - Urban Residential-Medium Density 12 Units/Acre
URM(6) - Urban Residential-Medium Density 6 Units/Acre
UR(3) - Urban Residential-3 Units/Acre
RURAL RESIDENTIAL
RR(3) - Rural Residential-3 Units/Acre
RR(2) - Rural Residential-2 Units/Acre
RR(1) - Rural Residential-1 Unit/Acre
TZ - Transitional-R5A/RR1
RURAL
R(2) - Rural-1Unit/2 Acres
OTHER
EI - Eliza Island |
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All Zoning Maps (45 maps - 7 mb document)
All Comprehensive Plan Maps (45 maps - 6 mb document)
Individual Maps:
Acme:
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Badger & Guide Meridian
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Birch Bay Lynden & I-5 (Type III LAMIRD)
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Birch Bay Lynden & Valley View (Type I LAMIRD)
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Blue Canyon
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Cain Lake
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Chuckanut
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Custer
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Deming
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Diablo
Zoning
Comp. Plan
East Lynden
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Eliza Island
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Emerald Lake
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Fort Bellingham / Marietta
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Glacier
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Glacier Springs
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Glen at Maple Falls
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Guide Meridian Border Crossing
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Hinotes Corner
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Kendall
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Kwina
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Lake Samish
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Lake Whatcom
Zoning (map amended by Ordinance 2011-028 to correct error)
Comp. Plan
Laurel
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Lummi Peninsula
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Maple Falls
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Newhalem
Zoning
Comp. Plan
North Bellingham
Zoning
Comp. Plan
North Lake Samish & I-5
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Nugents Corner
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Point Roberts
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Pole & Guide Meridian
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Portal Way North
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Sandy Point / Sandy Point Heights
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Slater & Elder
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Slater & Haxton
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Smith & Guide Meridian
Zoning
Comp. Plan
South Bay
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Sudden Valley
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Van Wyck
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Van Zandt
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Welcome
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Wickersham
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Wiser Lake
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Wiser Lake East
Zoning
Comp. Plan
Additional background documents related to the Rural Element Update process can be accessed from the Public Process page. If you have questions or comments, please contact Planning and Development Services at the contact points listed below.
Whatcom County Planning and Development Services
Attention: Gary Davis, Samya Lutz
Northwest Annex
5280 Northwest Drive
Bellingham, WA 98226-9097
(360) 676-6907
Email: pds@co.whatcom.wa.us
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